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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [97r] (193/369)
The record is made up of 1 file (183 folios). It was created in 2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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time and in the manner required by the G-oyernment at a convenient place of
shipment or at a place of storage in offisSr to be determined by His Majesty's
Government. In the event of a vessel employed to carry any such oil or
products thereof on behalf of His Majesty being detained on demurrage at
the port of loading the Company shall pay the amount due for demurrage
according to the terms of the charter party and/or the rates of loading
previously agreed with the Company unless the delay is due to causes
beyond the control of the Company. Any dispute which may arise as to
whether the delay is due to causes beyond the control of the Company shall
be settled by agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Company,
and, in default of such agreement, the question shall be referred to two
arbitrators, one to be chosen by His Majesty’s Government (or the Political
Resident) and the other by the Company, with power to appoint an umpire in
case of disagreement, such arbitration to be held in England and to be
deemed a reference to arbitration under the provisions of the Arbitration
Acts 1889 to 1934 (52 and 53 Viet, c.49; 24 and 25 Geo.V. c.14) of the
Imperial Parliament, or any statutory modification or re-enactment
thereof for the time being in force
(4) The price to be paid for all oil or products of the refining or
treatment of oil taken in pre-emption by His Majesty’s Government shall
be either (a) as specified in a separate agreement or (b) if no such
agreement shall have been entered into, a fair price for the time being at
the point of delivery as the same shall be settled by agreement between
His Majesty's Government and the Company, or in default of such agreement
by arbitration in the manner provided by the last preceding sub-clause.
To assist in arriving at a fair price at the point of delivery the
Company shall furnish for the confidential information of His Majesty’s
Government, if so required, particulars of the quantities, descriptions
and prices of Qfc&fe oil or products sold to other customers and of
charters or contracts entered into for carriage and shall exhibit to His
Majesty's Government original or authenticated copies of contracts or
charter parties entered into for the sale and/or carriage of such oil or
products.
(5) His Majesty's Government shall be at liberta^to take control of
the works, plant and premises of the Company in QeSar, and in such event
the Company shall conform to and obey all directions issued by or on
behalf of His Majesty's Government. Compensation shall be paid to the
Company for any loss or damage that may be proved to have been sustained
by the Company by reason of the exercise by His Majesty’s Government of
the powers conferred by this sub-clause. Any such compensation shall be
settled by agreement between His Majesty’s Government and the Company or,
in default of agreement, by arbitration in the manner provided by sub
clause (3) .
(of the existence
SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED by )
the said Loonard- Bgy Wakely C.S|)
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John Charles Walton,
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
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Civil Servant.
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The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession:
- Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, setting out the terms in the event of the Company obtaining a concession from the Shaikh of Dubai
- Refinery agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited (and its subsidiary companies) relating to the refining of crude oil, setting out the terms for the erection of a refinery or refineries on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The papers include: comments by various British Government departments (including the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Petroleum Department and the Foreign Office); drafts of the agreements; correspondence from Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL); correspondence concerning the insertion of a pre-emption clause in the political agreement setting out the British Government's right of pre-emption of all crude oil obtained under the concession in the event of a state of national emergency or war; signed copies of the two agreements, dated 5 February 1937 (folios 20-23); and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. confidential print entitled 'Dubai Oil Concession and Connected Documents', containing copies of the political agreement, the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and Petroleum Concessions Limited, dated 22 May 1937, and related correspondence.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (183 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 184; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3872
- Title
- Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
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- 60r:64v, 83r:87v, 91r:97v
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